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Port Vale travel to take on Lincoln City at Sincil Bank Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Valiants will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 19 and win only 8 of the 37 games.
The last time the two teams met at Lincoln City was back in March 2001, over five years ago, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a (Associate Members) match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 11 Nov | Port Vale | 2 - 1 | Lincoln City | FAC |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 20 Mar | Port Vale | 0 - 0 | Lincoln City | ASSM |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 13 Mar | Lincoln City | 0 - 2 | Port Vale | ASSM |
| 1993/1994 | Tue 24 Aug | Lincoln City | 0 - 0 | Port Vale | LGEC |
| 1993/1994 | Tue 17 Aug | Port Vale | 2 - 2 | Lincoln City | LGEC |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 12 May | Lincoln City | 3 - 2 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 17 Dec | Port Vale | 0 - 1 | Lincoln City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Lincoln City are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the The Red Imps in those games, with 4 conceded.
Port Vale have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 7 leaked at the wrong end.
Lincoln City's 22 points from 14 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Port Vale see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League Two, showing a record of 16 points from their 14 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Lincoln City | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 16 |
| Port Vale | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the The Red Imps, as the Valiants have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Lincoln City | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Won their latest 4 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Port Vale | 7 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 13 outings ago. |